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jorido



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jorido 29 Sep 2017, 13:12
where does the name .bss come from?
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Furs



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Furs 29 Sep 2017, 19:43
Bullshit Section?

No, seriously, why didn't you search? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bss Wink
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Grom PE



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Grom PE 30 Sep 2017, 04:29
Heh, I always thought it was "bullshit section" because it's unnecessary, one could use the end of the ".data" section instead, which is also zero-initialized past what is defined in the file.
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